Canada

Annual methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells might be underestimated by as much as 150 per cent in Canada and 20 per cent in the U.S., according to a recent study from McGill University.

Last week, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced up to $21.4 million to enhance the Youth Employment and Skills Program.

The federal Liberal government is putting Canada's oil and gas industry ahead of the Great Lakes by opposing Michigan's efforts to shut down the Line 5 pipeline, says a prominent group of Ontario First Nations.

Canada's continent-spanning forest used to remove massive amounts of CO2 from the air each year. It was a hugely valuable "carbon sink", slowing the pace of climate change and benefiting our logging industry.

Valentina Shamoun found community at the local Boys and Girls Club (recently renamed BGC Canada) soon after leaving Syria at the start of that country’s civil war and has been involved ever since. Last month, she was named the Canadian chapter’s youth of the year.

Farmers say they aren't getting the support they need to adequately address food waste and the problems associated with it, according to the co-author of a new study on food loss.

In every country across the world, women are disproportionately affected by disasters — and not just by a little, write Victoria Ker, Erica Steele, Stephen Patenaude and Brayden Pelham.

A new study says the rise is a 0.2 C improvement on the previous forecast, but still substantially above the goal of the Paris Agreement.

As last week’s budget made clear, the money is simply not yet forthcoming to realize our critical climate goals, writes columnist Seth Klein.

In examining powerful institutions like Big Oil, costly investigative journalism takes a backseat to reactive coverage, write Robert Hackett and Hanna Araza.

If Canadians want a conversation about energy and climate policy undistorted by Big Oil's outsized influence, newspapers still matter. Are they doing the job?

Climate experts and the federal Green Party say Canada’s new commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is severely lacking. "It's a disgrace,” said Green MP Elizabeth May.

The primary fuel of the climate crisis — CO2 in our atmosphere — continues to accelerate upwards, unchecked by decades of Earth Days, climate summits and even a global pandemic. Barry Saxifrage shows us where we are now, globally and in Canada.

Natural health products like vitamin supplements are used widely by Canadians, but a lack of oversight from Health Canada has failed to guarantee the safety and efficacy of these products, a new report reveals.

The Ministry of Agriculture announced this week that $691 million will be distributed over the next decade to the country’s 4,800 chicken, turkey and egg farmers to stem the effects of trade deals.